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  • Promoting our Pilipino Traditions – Our Common Responsibility

    Promoting our Pilipino Traditions – Our Common Responsibility

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    Parol making is one of our popular tradition that is dear to all Filipinos. Group together with Simbang Gabi, Christmas Carolling, Puto bung-bong, and Noche Buena, they make our Christmas celebration something to look forward to with excitement and eager anticipation. The Multicultural Helping House Society (MHHS), realize the importance of preserving and promoting this…

  • Get Ready to Party At Pinoy Fiesta 2015

    Get Ready to Party At Pinoy Fiesta 2015

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    Drawing thousands of revelers each year, Pinoy Fiesta: Unang Hirit sa Tag-init is once again sets to take Vancouver by storm on August 9th (Sunday). The celebration will be held at Memorial South Park along 41st Avenue and Windsor Street, Vancouver from 10:00am to 9:00pm. Filipino community is the third largest and the fastest growing…

  • Canadian Ambassador: Garbage not Toxic

    Canadian Ambassador: Garbage not Toxic

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    Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Neil Reeder said the garbage, which were stuffed inside container vans and shipped from Canada to a sanitary landfill in Tarlac, are not toxic wastes. Reeder said the Canadian Embassy, in cooperation with the Philippine government, is looking for solutions on how to dispose these waste materials. The Canadian envoy,…

  • Publisher Hit for Undermining Efforts to Unite Community

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    The president of a new umbrella organization representing several Filipino groups criticized what he considers as an attempt to subvert efforts to forge unity in the community. Joel Castillo, who was elected as the founding president of the United Filipino Canadian Associations of B.C. (UFCABC), was reacting to an editorial published in the July 2015…

  • B.C. Redesigns Provincial Nominee Program For New Workers and Entrepreneurs

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    The government of British Columbia has revamped its Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). The PNT is accepting applications again effective July 2, 2015. The PNP has reopened after a 90-day pause that allowed the PNP to be redesigned so the Province could maximize the impact of its allocation of 5,500 nominees from the federal government for…

  • PROFIT SHARE AT PATRONAGE REFUND

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    Pagkatapos ng 6th Annual General Meeting noong nakaraang buwan ng Mayo ay ipinamahagi ng One Filipino Cooperative of BC sa lahat ng mga may-ari/ kasapi nito ang kinita sa taong 2014. Ang Profit Sharing ay isinasagawa at ipinamamahagi kada taon sa lahat ng may-ari batay sa halaga ng kinita ng koop. Ang halagang matatanggap ng…

  • Phone Tax Scam Still Making the Rounds

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    Vancouver, BC – Every year BBB reminds British Columbians about Canadian income tax scams threatening to snatch away your tax return. Usually the scam involves an email phishing scheme designed to prey on those unaware of Canada Revenue Agency rules. Earlier this year BBB serving Mainland BC released information on just such an email scam…

  • LBC celebrates Philippine Independence Day across the globe

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    Though most celebrations for the country’s 117th Independence day are held in the Philippines, LBC Express, Inc., the leading courier service, logistics, and money remittance provider has brought festivities to Filipinos across the globe. In celebration and commemoration of Philippine freedom, LBC Express held a series of games, raffles and freebies across the Middle East,…

  • MGA PINOY SA SASKATCHEWAN NAIS MAGTAYO NG CO-OP

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    Nakipag-ugnayan ang Coop Development Officer ng Saskatchewan Cooperative Association na si G. Patrick Lapointe sa One Filipino Cooperative Of BC upang tulungan ang mga Pinoy sa kanilang lugar makapagtayo at makapagrehistro bilang isang samahang kooperatiba. Ayon kay G. Lapointe, nagtanong daw siya sa Ontario Cooperative Association kung may alam silang Filipino Cooperative sa Ontario at…

  • UFCABC Provides Voice of Unity in Community

    UFCABC Provides Voice of Unity in Community

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    A broad alliance of Filipino Canadian associations has emerged to articulate the diverse interests of the community in B.C. Called the United Filipino Canadian Associations in B.C., it is composed of major associations , representing a broad range of concerns across the community. UFCABC passed with flying colours in its first major undertaking, which was…